Queen’s Printers Association of Canada Annual Conference www.publications.gov.sk.ca Queen’s Printers Association of Canada Annual Conference Victoria, British Columbia June 5, 2012 Marilyn Lustig-McEwen Saskatchewan Queen’s Printer
QUEEN'S PRINTER PRODUCTS & SERVICES Online Focus Freelaw ® (legislative publications) Publications Centre (Saskatchewan docs) Forms Documents and File Management eCommerce Costing model On-demand printing QUEEN'S PRINTER PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Freelaw® Statutes Regulations Rules of Court The Saskatchewan Gazette Orders in Council Tables to Statutes and Regulations Law Enforcement Handbook Inquiry Reports
Historical Legislation 1905 to present – bound volumes Scan, typeset – InDesign, proofread, pdf , post unedited to Freelaw®; edit; post final copy Gazette – challenges Point-in-time consolidations Internal Links Table of contents for each Act Separate chapters linked in consolidation – original enactment and subsequent amendments Acts in force; planned for historical legislation
Ministry of Government Services manages: Executive Council manages: Publications Centre QP manages: Participation Catalogue On-line administration website Collection and disbursement of funds to participating agencies Payment Gateway/shopping cart Server Ministry of Government Services manages: Government Telephone Directory Service (GTDS) Executive Council manages: Thesaurus Search
Forms Form Creation – moving away from PDF to web-based stakeholders able to save completed eforms (security settings allow varied levels of permission) Radio buttons, boxes Open form fields for online completion (fillable) fields can be restricted: stakeholders able to enter numbers only certain number of characters (for date, telephone number, etc.) pull downs, check boxes, information boxes Online submittable forms – some done; work in progress
Documents and File Management Scanning, Typesetting/Design PDF – web, FTP, e-mail, CD’s Printing and Finishing mainly legislation, but also special orders, and materials for sponsorship in-house perfect and cerlox binding in-line trimming and saddle stitching Archiving LEAN Project Advisors
eCommerce Already built in Cold Fusion and PCI compliant Revolving Fund bears responsibility of accounting 20% Sales Commission (free docs no charge) includes: hosting charges and maintenance and development costs for system upgrades credit card transaction fees service account fees for payment processor and bank account Saves on administrative work – we collect 100% and return partner’s portion (80% of subtotal and shipping combined plus 100% of taxes)
Costing Model QPRF mandated to be cost recovery $35/hr for typesetting, form creation, opening fields 20% fees for eCommerce reasonable QP pays transaction costs and service account fees between the payment processor and bank account system upgrades continually – site refresher, new server, new features, maintenance High volume price breaks printing in large quantities commission fees lowered
What’s new Online submittable forms - web-based forms for Ministry of Health, for municipal assessment forms, etc. RSS feeds for updates to legislation/other publications Historical OC’s, historical Gazettes and re-incorporating News Releases into Pubs Centre New Konica Minolta Biz Hub Pro 1200’s (2) with online perfect bind, saddle stitch and trimming for on-demand printing Curriculum Distribution Centre QR Codes Mobile Apps – www.qp.gov.sk.ca/m and www.publications.gov.sk.ca/m
Staff Queen’s Printer Publications Centre and Financial Policy Analyst Financial Manager Senior Legislative Editor; Legislative Editor Digitization and Marketing Coordinator Web Communications Designer; 2 Publications Communications Designers Digital Technician, Shipper/Receiver and Client Services Representative
Comments/Suggestions: Marilyn Lustig-McEwen Queen’s Printer for Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice B19-3085 Albert Street Regina SK S4S0B1 (306)787-9345 mlm@gov.sk.ca